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Cottage Interior by Firelight 1790-1 Pencil and watercolour on paper; 254 x 331 mm D00187
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Cottage Interior by Firelight 1790-1 Pencil and watercolour on paper; 254 x 33...

Two Women with a Letter circa 1830 Canvas; 1219 x 914 mm N05501
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Two Women with a Letter circa 1830 Canvas; 1219 x 914 mm N05501

Lady Hamilton as Circe circa 1782 Canvas; 533 x 495 mm N05591 Emma Hart (1765-1815), better known in her later roles as Lady Hamilton and mistress of Admiral Lord Nelson, became Romney's favourite model from about 1782 onwards. Although Romney was considered by many Reynolds's chief rival in portraiture, he always longed to be a 'history' painter. He painted Emma's ideally regular features innumerable times in many classical and fanciful disguises. This is a cut-down unfinished canvas of Emma in the character of the sorceress Circe, who enslaved men by turning them into swine. The original full-length version, showing her surrounded by animals, was formerly in Lord Hunsdon's collection.
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Lady Hamilton as Circe circa 1782 Canvas; 533 x 495 mm N05591 Emma Hart (1...

Lady Jane Halliday 1779 Canvas; 239 x 148,5cm
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Lady Jane Halliday 1779 Canvas; 239 x 148,5cm

Beata Beatrix circa 1864-70 Rossetti’s inspiration for this painting was the Vita Nuova (New Life), the Italian poet Dante’s account of his idealised love for Beatrice, and of her premature death. The death of Beatrice is symbolised by a sudden spiritual transfiguration. A bird, a messenger of death, drops a white poppy between her open hands. The shadow of the sundial rests on the figure nine, the number Dante connects mystically with Beatrice and her death. In the background the shadowy figure of Dante gazes towards the figure of Love. Rossetti saw this work as a memorial to his wife, Elizabeth Siddall, who had died in 1862. Oil on canvas; 864 x 660 mm N01279
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Beata Beatrix circa 1864-70 Rossetti’s inspiration for this painting was the...

Mr. and Mrs. John Julius Angerstein (1735-1823), banker, and his second wife Eliza Payne (1748/49-1800). Painted 1792. Canvas, 252 x 160 cm R.F. 1028
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Mr. and Mrs. John Julius Angerstein (1735-1823), banker, and his second wife El...

Charles William Bell, 1798. Canvas, 64 cm x 77 cm R.F. 1952-14
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Charles William Bell, 1798. Canvas, 64 cm x 77 cm R.F. 1952-14

Portrait of Sir Issac Newton (1642-1727) Canvas
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Portrait of Sir Issac Newton (1642-1727) Canvas

A Midnight Modern Conversation 1730 Oil on canvas
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A Midnight Modern Conversation 1730 Oil on canvas

A Laundry Maid Ironing circa 1765-82 Oil on canvas; 743 x 616 mm frame: 942 x 817 x 92 mm N01403
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A Laundry Maid Ironing circa 1765-82 Oil on canvas; 743 x 616 mm frame: 942...

April Love 1855-6 Oil on canvas; 889 x 495 mm N02476
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April Love 1855-6 Oil on canvas; 889 x 495 mm N02476

Captain James Cook (1728-1779) Canvas; 1270 x 1016 mm Painted 1775-76 BHC2628 A three-quarter-length portrait of Captain Cook, seated to the left, facing the right. He is wearing captain's full-dress uniform, 1774-87, consisting of a navy blue jacket, white waistcoat with gold braid and gold buttons and white breeches. He wears a grey wig or his own hair powdered. He holds his own chart of the Southern Ocean on the table and his right hand points to the east coast of Australia on it. His left thumb and finger lightly hold the other edge of the chart over his knee. His hat sits on the table behind him to the left on top of a substantial book, perhaps his journal, itself resting on the chart.
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Captain James Cook (1728-1779) Canvas; 1270 x 1016 mm Painted 1775-76 BHC2628...